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Local investing could solve several rural business problems

By Becky McCray

What if we could change investing from a gamble in the stock market into a local development tool? That’s the basic question behind Amy Cortese’s book “Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It.” This book does a great job of explaining the problems in the current financial system, and laying […]

October 31, 2011 Filed Under: economic development, finance, rural Tagged With: review

Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You

By Becky McCray

Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow is a direct and effective tool to help you do exactly what it says: make your business something that can survive without you and is sell-able. Built to Sell delivers on its promise.  If you think you may want to sell your […]

April 27, 2011 Filed Under: entrepreneurship Tagged With: review

The New Small and The Entrepreneur Equation

By Becky McCray

Two small business books to talk about this week. The New Small by Phil Simon and The Entrepreneur Equation by Carol Roth. Both were sent to me for review, and both have good value for small business. The New SmallPhil Simon Phil gets that small business now has an advantage over big business. He pinpoints some technology […]

March 14, 2011 Filed Under: entrepreneurship Tagged With: review

Follow smart people 5 ways with Paper.li

By Becky McCray

Follow smart people has long been my best Twitter advice. Paper.li is a new tool that makes it easier to follow and learn from smart people without investing all your spare time in Twitter. Paper.li is a kind of daily newspaper made from links, photos and videos shared on Twitter by a selected group of […]

November 17, 2010 Filed Under: organization, social media, tools Tagged With: review

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